Chicago White Sox vs Los Angeles Angels
Starting pitchers
Lineups
- 1 Chase Meidroth 2B
- 2 Miguel Vargas 1B
- 3 Colson Montgomery 3B
- 4 Randal Grichuk RF
- 5 Edgar Quero C
- 6 Andrew Benintendi DH
- 7 Derek Hill CF
- 8 Luisangel Acuña SS
- 9 Sam Antonacci LF
- 1 Zach Neto SS
- 2 Mike Trout CF
- 3 Nolan Schanuel 1B
- 4 Jorge Soler DH
- 5 Jo Adell RF
- 6 Yoán Moncada 3B
- 7 Vaughn Grissom 2B
- 8 Sebastián Rivero C
- 9 Josh Lowe LF
Box score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CWS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| LAA | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Manager comparison
Both managers grade D- / C entering this matchup.
Recent form
Season series: 4-2 with CWS listed first across 6 prior meetings.
Tactical analysis
RunsLeft separates manager decisions from player execution from game variance. Each card below is the same three-number framework that drives the share cards on the SPA replay page.
- Manager lineup cost +0.04 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.48 vs actual lineup 4.45
- Player execution −1.45 R/G Players fell 1.45 short of the lineup's 4.45 projection (scored 3)
- Game variance −1.48 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation
Vargas 0-for-3 batting 2nd
- Manager lineup cost −0.02 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.75 vs actual lineup 3.77
- Player execution +0.23 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 3.77 projection by 0.23 (scored 4)
- Game variance +0.25 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation
Lineup spots out of order vs season production
Optimal lineups projected 4.5 – 3.8 — actual was 3 – 4.
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How RunsLeft analyzes games
Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. Tactical analysis comes from a per-game Monte Carlo: 10,000 simulated games against the opposing starter's ERA, both for the actual lineup the manager wrote and for the optimal arrangement of those nine players. The three numbers — manager cost, player execution, game variance — separate which part of the result was the lineup, the players, or the dice.